The sun was shining on Station Ground as Thorverton welcomed fellow B Division promotees, Kilmington.
Thorverton lined up with: Chilcott, Fielder, Diamond, Van Der Meulen, Robbins, H. Choules, Daldorph, Slaviero, Hooper, Jopling & J. Choules.
Choules continued his 100% A Division toss record and elected to bat. Chilcott quickly set the tone for the innings with a blistering pull shot to the fence off of the bowling of Killy’s overseas. The Aussie soon struck back though edging Fiedler behind for 5.
Chilcott and Diamond put on 62 for the 2nd wicket, Chilly passing his half century in the process before he was caught for 57 at the halfway point in the innings. The score had reached 86-2.
Van Der Meulen joined Diamond at the crease and wasted no time in increasing the scoring rate. He pummelled 67 from 54 balls including 8 fours and 1 six. He and Diamond both brought up half centuries on their way to a partnership of 108.
By the time both were out the score was 202-4 with 4 to go. Robbins, H. Choules Daldorph & Slaviero had licence to go after the final 4 and brought the score to 232-7 at close.
After an immaculate Broom tea, the new ball was handed to Slaverio and teenager Daldorph. Slaverio bowled with impressive pace whilst Daldorph caused issues with the swinging ball.
After the first powerplay the visitors were 37-1, Daldorph picking up the wicket with thanks to a smart catch in the gully by Jason.
A double bowling change which brought Van der Meulen and Jopling into the attack was the beginning of the end for the visitors. A high quality 5 overs from the saffa gave him figures of 3-11, the highlight being the wicket of dangerman Seaward, displacing his leg stump. Jopling added another 3 wickets to his tally for the season and with the score at 74-7, Thorverton were in control.
The skipper (3-22) dealt with the tail and Killy were all out for 114 in the 30th over. Only Gooding, Rocket & Reed scored more than 20 for the visitors.
Thors mad it 2 wins in a row, picked up 19 points and shot to 5th in the table. Next week we travel to Barton in front of the Disney+ film crew who are following and filming the Torquay side’s overseas player for the summer.
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